Nakahanda na ang personnel ng Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Center sa Abra bagama’t makulimlim pa rin ang panahon. Ayon kay Eng. Hector Camcam, PDDRRMC officer, agad itong nakipag ugnayan kay Gov. Eustaquio Bersamin matapos ianunsyong nasa Signal no. 1 ang lalawigan. Aniya inabisuhan na rin ang PNP at Arm na maging pro-active kung saan isasagawa ng mga ito ang preventive evacuation sa mga mababang lugar sakaling bumuhos ang malakas na ulan. Samantala, unti-unti nang dumadagsa […]
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International support key to protecting civilians in Yarmouk – UNRWA
Islamic State has taken control of 90 percent of a Palestinian refugee camp on the Damascus outskirts where 18,000 civilians have suffered years of bombing, army siege and militia control, a monitoring group said on Saturday (April 4). The hardline group’s offensive in Yarmouk gives it a major presence in the capital. Islamic State, the most powerful insurgent group in Syria, is now only a few kilometres from President Bashar al-Assad’s seat of power. The […]
Russia and Red Cross appeal for ‘humanitarian pause’ in Yemen
Russia and the Red Cross appealed on Saturday for a military pause in Yemen to allow urgent humanitarian aid deliveries and evacuation of civilians after 10 days of Saudi-led air strikes and fighting in which hundreds of people have died. Russia distributed a draft resolution at the United Nations pressing for suspensions of the air strikes to allow evacuation of foreign civilians and diplomats, and demanding rapid and unhindered humanitarian access. The International Committee of the […]
Balik-tahanan na ang mga residente ng Aurora
Balik normal na ang lahat ngayon sa bayan ng Baler matapos bahagyang humina ang bagyong Chedeng na ngayon ay isa nang Low Pressure Area. Ayon sa head ng MDRRMO na si Gabriel Llave, Nagbalik na sa kanilang mga tahanan ang halos isang daang indibidwal na inilikas kahapon mula sa coastal area ng Brgy Sabang. Kinumpirma naman ni Baler Mayor Nelianto Bihasa na ligtas na ngayon ang outdoor activities sa dagat gaya ng surfing na una […]
“CHEDENG” IS NOW TRAVERSING ISABELA PROVINCE
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN No. 12 FOR: TROPICAL DEPRESSION “#ChedengPH” TROPICAL CYCLONE: WARNING ISSUED AT 11:00 AM, 05 APRIL 2015 “CHEDENG” IS NOW TRAVERSING ISABELA PROVINCE. • Estimated rainfall amount is from light to moderate within the 75 km radius of the tropical depression. • It is expected to weaken into a Low Pressure Area within 24 hours. • Fisher folks are advised not to venture out over the northern seaboard of Luzon and eastern seaboard […]
‘CHEDENG,’ RAMDAM NA SA AURORA
Unti-unti ng nararamdaman ang epekto ng bagyong Chedeng sa Aurora. Bagamat humina na ang bagyo, may dalapa pa rin itong maulap na kalangitan, lumalakas na hangin at paglaki ng alon sa karagatan. Hinihikayat naman ng Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC), na manatili sa evacuation center ang mga inilikas na pamilya. Kabilang sa mga bayang nagpatupad ng evacuation ang Baler, Casiguran, Dilasag, Dinalungan, Dipaculao at San Luis. Nanatili namang zero-casualty ang lalawigan
ILANG BAHAGI NG MINDANAO, MAY KURYENTE NA
NAIBALIK NA SA NORMAL ANG KURYENTE SA BAHAGING MINDANAO MATAPOS ANG HALOS PITONG ORAS NA BIGLAANG TOTAL BLACKOUT.. NAGSIMULA ANG BLACKOUT DAKONG ALA-1:00 NG MADALING ARAW AT NAIBALIK ANG SUPLAY NG KURYENTE BAGO MAG-ALAS-8:00 NG UMAGA. PASADO ALAS-4:00 NG MADALING ARAW NG BUMALIK ANG KURYENTE SA CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, MAS MAAGA KUMPARA SA ZAMBOANGA CITY NA NAGKAILAW NA PASADO ALAS-5:00.. AYON KAY ENERGY SECRETARY JERICHO PETILLA, BAHAGYANG NAHULI SA TARGET NA ORAS NG RESTORATION. […]
DSWD’s info management group ready to assist in disaster ops
Intensifying its efforts in the preparations for Typhoon Chedeng, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is also focusing its attention on providing emergency telecommunications support in areas that will be hit by the typhoon. “In times of disasters, the need for communication is as important as the need for food. People in disaster-stricken areas need to immediately communicate with their loved ones to assure them that they are safe or to ask for […]
PAL FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS DUE TO TROPICAL STORM “CHEDENG”
PAL FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS DUE TO “CHEDENG” APRIL 5 (SUNDAY) DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF TYPHOON CHEDENG, NAMELY: -PR 2014 MANILA-TUGUEGARAO -PR 2015 TUGUEGARAO – MANILA -PR 2196 MANILA – LAOAG -PR2197 LAOAG – MANILA AFFECTED PASSENGERS WITH CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS/TICKETS MAY REBOOK WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THEIR ORIGINAL FLIGHT DATE. ALL REBOOKING CHARGES ARE WAIVED, PROVIDED TICKETS ARE WITHIN VALIDITY PERIOD. PASSENGERS MAY OPT TO REFUND THEIR TICKETS, WITHOUT PENALTY. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FLIGHTS, PASSENGERS […]
ASEAN has to balance environmental sustainability and economic dev’t — ASEAN Sec Gen
ASEAN member countries face a big challenge in keeping a delicate balance between environmental sustainability and economic development, according to the secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh told parliamentarians in the recent 132nd Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly held in Hanoi, Vietnam that ASEAN member c ountries, as elsewhere in the world, face this challenge despite having an abundant natural and human resources. Luong Minh […]
PAGASA notes increasingly hotter days indicating end of northeast monsoon
MANILA, Philippines (ENS) — Hotter temperatures were recorded by the country’s weather bureau in most parts of the country in the past days, indicating the end of the northeast monsoon. In a recent announcement, PAGASA said that recent observations hav showed “significant increase in daily temperatures” in many parts of the country. Analysis had also indicated the establishment of the North Pacific High which favors the shift of wind direction from northeasterly to easterly, according to […]
DSWD continues to be on full alert over ‘Chedeng’
QUEZON CITY, PIA – Even with the slight weakening of Typhoon Chedeng, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) along with other member-agencies of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) remain on full alert over the possible effects of the typhoon. In a press briefing at Camp Aguinaldo this morning, Assistant Secretary Vilma Cabrera, DSWD’s focal person for disaster response, reported that the different members of the Response Cluster of NDRRMC have been […]
